To study the effect of launch, re-entry, landing and space travel on animals and subsequently humans.
Sputnik Two, A very similar successor to the original Sputnik
The dog, Laika, died due to temperature increase.
Sputnik 1 was launched on the 4th of October, 1957. The booster used by it had been used in August of that year to launch a long range missile.
No it wasn't. Thh Sputnik Satellite has had two Batteries inside. another "solar-Sputnik" is the Solar-power Converter, made by "Sputnik engineering, Biehl, Switzerland". Any more questions? joern.evers@solarmax.de
Sputnik was a series of satellites built and launched by the then Soviet union. Sputnik 1 and 2 became the first two man made objects to attain orbit around the Earth.
No, Sputnik 1, the first spacecraft to orbit earth, was a roughly two foot diameter sphere/ball.
A Russian dog, Laika was the first animal in space, in Sputnik 2 in 1957
Because the Sputnik program ended with Sputnik 3. Albeit there was a Sputnik 40 and 41 but these were to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1.
The word "sputnik" comes from Russian, meaning "satellite" or "companion." It was famously used to name the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
Sputnik I was simplicity itself - it's only onboard "equipment" was an electronic radio "beep" received back on earth.
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plants and animals.